Key result
Preoperative peripheral nerve blocks are described as a safe and effective diagnosis-based approach to improve pain management and decrease opioid consumption in orthopaedic trauma surgery.
Why the study?
There is a need to improve perioperative pain management while reducing opioid consumption and systemic risks, especially as more orthopaedic trauma procedures shift to outpatient surgery centers.
This article provides a diagnosis-based guide for utilizing preoperative peripheral nerve blocks in orthopaedic trauma surgery to improve pain management and decrease opioid consumption.
May inform multimodal analgesia in trauma surgery; leaves open confirmation in prospective trials.
Perioperative pain management remains an important focus of both patient and provider attention in orthopaedic trauma surgery. There is a constant effort to improve pain management while decreasing opioid consumption, and peripheral nerve blocks are a safe and effective way to achieve these two goals. This is particularly relevant because more procedures are being done in outpatient surgery centers, and the need to safely provide analgesia without the systemic risk of opioid medications is paramount. The primary goal of this article was to describe the diagnosis-based approach for the utilization of preoperative peripheral nerve blocks in perioperative care for orthopaedic trauma surgery procedures based on the experience and current practice at our center.
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Kandemir et al. (2021) conducted a review in Orthopaedic trauma surgery. Preoperative peripheral nerve blocks was evaluated. Preoperative peripheral nerve blocks are described as a safe and effective diagnosis-based approach to improve pain management and decrease opioid consumption in orthopaedic trauma surgery.
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